B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChina / death / Fantasy / Paranormal / short-story5 Comments
A tale of first love, bad theology and robot reincarnation in the Chinese afterlife. In the tenth court of hell, spirits wealthy enough to bribe the bureaucrats of the underworld can avoid both the torments of hell and the irreversible change of reincarnation. It’s a comfortable undeath … even for ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsclass differences / Contemporary / death / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / Older Man/Younger Woman / sweet romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Marry Me at Willoughby Close by Kate Hewitt
Welcome to Willoughby Close… a charming cluster of cozy cottages, each with a story to tell and a happy ending to deliver… Alice James has been a drifter her whole life, working her way through several foster homes before ending up in Wychwood-on-Lea, feeling anchorless and invisible. When a chance ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / death / fantasy/scifi / Humor1 Comments
Mort Oleander wasn’t always the assistant embalmer to the world’s worst funeral director. Once upon a thousand years ago, he was the G.O.D. (General Operations Director) of the dead, kicked out of the job thanks to corporate-wide strikes led by his brother, Sy. Faced with mountains of paperwork and a ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsblack comedy / Comedy / death / Paranormal / San-Francisco5 Comments
Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone—or something—is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher ... more >
Publishing Newsbook clubs / book prices / death / Libraries / literacy / literary prizes / Singapore / Uganda1 Comments
Uganda, where a book can cost a month’s salary – In Uganda, a book can cost the equivalent of a week’s worth of food (more than $40 or almost £30), complicating attempts to “stop reading being regarded as a purely middle-class luxury,” especially for children, whose literacy is key to future economic ... more >
C- Reviewsdeath / Drugs / near-future / Penguin Random House / revenge / Science Fiction / Young-Adult1 Comments
Dear Ms. Roberts, My thriller kick continues, this time with one falling into the science fiction genre. I’ll be the first to admit that the science fiction is light in The Bodies We Wear, which is fine with me because I’m not in the mood for a rigorous read. Your ... more >
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